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SIR  EGLAMOUR 


A  MIDDLE  ENGLISH  ROMANCE 


EDITED  BY 


ALBERT  S.  COOK 

PROFESSOR  OF  THE  ENGLISH  LANGUAGE  AND   LITERATURE 
IN  YALE  UNIVERSITY 


NEW  YORK 

HENRY  HOLT  AND  COMPANY 

1911 


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LOAN  STACK 


WEIMAR :  PRINTED  BY  R.  WAGNER  SOHN. 


PREFATORY  NOTE. 

The  object  of  this  book  is  to  provide  a  convenient 
edition  for  college  use.  The  text  is  taken,  by  the  kind 
permission  of  Professor  Schleich,  from  his  edition  of  the 
poem  in  Palcestra  No.  53  (Berlin,  1906),  to  which  the 
student  is  referred  for  fuller  information ;  but  I  have  dealt 
freely  with  capitals  and  punctuation. 

An  especially  difficult  line  is  sometimes  translated  or 
paraphrased  at  the  foot  of  the  page. 

Yale  University,  June,  1911. 


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INTRODUCTION. 

1.  THE  POEM. 

Sir  Eglamour  was  written  between  1350  and  1400.  It  has 
many  Northern  pecuharities,  and  is  beHeved  to  belong  to 
the  border  region  between  Northern  and  Midland.  Among 
these  peculiarities  are  the  frequent  (though  not  exclusive)  use 
of  a  for  Southern  English  o  (OE.  a,  «),  the  present  participle 
in  -ande,  etc.  The  verb  normally  has  the  3  sing,  in  -5,  the 
plural  without  ending  (but  walkes,  236),  the  past  participle 
in  -n{e),  and  the  infinitive  without  ending.  Note  such 
forms  as  es  (ior  am),  1204;  the  infinitives  ma,  ta  (but  take, 
83;  cf.  gane,  372,  1021,  1227;  sene,  1092;  sayne,  338);  gyff 
{ior give) ;  qu-  for  hw-',  at,  conj.,  540  (Scand.  for  that-,  cf  626) ; 
thir  (=  these) ;  garte  (Scand.) ;  ilk,  etc. 

The  poem  has  113  stanzas,  which  normally  are  of  12  lines 
each.  This  would  make  1356  lines,  but  the  romance  in  this 
version  has  only  1335  (Percy,  1291 ;  Thornton,  1341),  so  that 
21  lines  are  lacking.  Of  these,  6  lines  are  wanting  in  stanza 
21 ;  3  each  in  stanzas  67, 70,  and  84 ;  and  6,  again,  in  stanza  107. 

2.  MANUSCRIPTS  AND  EARLY  PRINTED  BOOKS. 

Manuscripts. 
L. 

Lincoln  Cathedral  A.  i.  17.  About  1440.  Extracts  printed 
by  Halliwell  in  the  notes  to  F  {The  Thornton  Romances, 
pp.  273—287). 

The  text  of  the  present  edition. 


4  INTRODUCTION 

F. 

Camb.  Univ.  Lib.  Ff.  ii.  38.  Before  1461.  The  poorest  ot 
the  manuscripts  (according  to  Schleich).  Printed  by  HalU- 
well  in  The  Thornton  Romances  (London,  Camden  Society, 
•1844),  pp.  121 — 176.  This  (and  C)  divides  the  poem  into 
cantos  {fyttes)  after  stanzas  29,  53,  74. 

C. 

Brit.  Mus.  Cott.  Caligula  A.  ii.  Fifteenth  century.  A  few 
readings  given  in  Haliwell's  notes. 

S. 
Duke   of  Sutherland's   library.      The  oldest  manuscript; 
end  of  fourteenth  century.    One  leaf,  containing  lines  1—160. 

Early  Printed  Books. 

P- 
Percy  Folio  Manuscript.     About  1650.     Printed  by  Hales 
and  Furnivall,  Bishop   Percy's  Folio  Manuscript  (London, 
1868)  2.  341—389.     This  is  a  manuscript  copy  of  an  early 
printed  book. 

e. 

Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh.  Printed  by  Chepman 
and  Myllar,  Edinburgh,  1508.  Reprinted  by  Laing  in  The 
Knightly  Tale  of  Golagrus  and  Gawane  (Edinburgh,  1827). 

b. 

Fragments  of  a  book  published  at  London  by  Richard 
Bankes  about  1530,  and  owned  (1895)  by  Francis  Jenkinson, 
Librarian  of  Cambridge  University  Library.  Printed  by 
J.  Hall  in  Archiv  ftir  das  Studium  der  Neueren  Sprachen 
und  Litteraturen  95.  308—311. 


INTRODUCTION  5 

w. 

Brit.  Mus.  Printed  by  John  Walley  about  1540.  Certain 
extracts  are  printed  by  Laing  (see  under  e).  A  version 
in  modem  prose,  with  extracts  from  this  edition,  is  given 
by  EUis,  Specimens  of  Early  English  Romances. 

a. 
Brit.  Mus.     Printed   by  WilUam  Copland  between  1548 
and  1561. 

d. 
Brit.  Mus.  Douce  261.     Copy  of  a  book  printed  in  1564. 

3.  ANALOGUES. 

The  poem  has  more  or  less  close  analogies  with  Chau- 
cer's Man  of  Law's  Tale  (also  told  by  Gower,  both  being 
dependent  upon  the  French  of  Nicholas  Trivet,  or  Trevet, 
who  died  in  1328),  with  the  romances  of  Torrent  of  Port- 
ugal, Emare,  Octavian,  Sir  Isumbras  and  Guillaume 
d'Angleterre,  and  more  remotely,  with  the  legend  of  St. 
Eustache.  The  story  of  the  Man  of  Law's  Tale  is  so 
familiar  that  it  need  not  be  rehearsed  here.  The  others 
follow  in  the  order  named. 

Torrent  of  Portugal. 

Calamond,  King  of  Portugal,  has  an  only  daughter, 
Desonelle,  with  whom  Torrent,  son  of  a  Portuguese  count, 
falls  in  love.  After  various  adventures,  in  which  he  slays 
several  giants,  he  obtains  possession  of  Desonelle,  but  with- 
out a  formal  marriage.  Torrent  sets  off  on  new  advent- 
ures, and  his  wife,  having  been  delivered  of  twin  boys, 
is  set  adrift  with  them  by  her  father,  and  lands  on  the 
coast  of  Palestine.  A  griffin  carries  off  one  son,  and  a 
leopard   another;   the  mother  dwells  under  the  protection 


6  INTRODUCTION 

of  the  King  of  Nazareth.  Torrent,  returning  to  Portugal, 
vanquishes  Calamond,  sends  him  to  his  death  in  a  leaky 
boat,  and  is  made  king  in  his  stead.  He  then  departs  for 
the  Holy  Land,  where  he  spends  fifteen  years,  and  event- 
ually is  vanquished  in  single  combat  by  one  of  his  sons. 
Finally,  at  a  grand  tournament.  Torrent,  Desonelle,  and 
their  two  sons,  are  reunited,  whereupon  they  return  to 
Portugal. 

Emare. 

Emare  (pronounced  Emare)  is  the  daughter  of  an  Em- 
peror; her  father  clothes  her  in  a  rich  cloth  of  gold,  with 
love-scenes  worked  on  it  in  jewels,  and  obtains  the  Pope's 
dispensation  to  marry  her ;  she  refuses,  and  is  turned  adrift 
upon  the  sea ;  is  driven  to  the  shore  of '  Galys,'  where  the 
king  loves  and  marries  her;  she  is  delivered  of  a  boy, 
named  Segramour,  during  the  absence  of  her  husband  in 
France,  whose  mother  sends  him  word  that  the  child  is  a 
monster;  the  king  sends  back  an  order  to  keep  her  till 
his  return,  but  his  mother  turns  her  adrift,  once  more, 
with  her  mantle  and  her  child ;  she  is  driven  back  to  Rome, 
and  adopted  by  a  merchant;  the  King  of  'Galys'  comes 
to  do  penance  at  Rome,  and  lodges  at  the  merchant's 
house,  his  son  bears  wine  to  him;  the  Emperor,  too,  ar- 
rives at  Rome,  to  do  penance  also ;  and  they  all  meet  to- 
gether. ^ 

Octavian. 

The  Emperor  '  Octavian '  marries  the  French  princess 
Florence,  and  she  bears  twin  bo3^s,  named  Florent  and 
'Octouyan.'      The    emperor's    mother   persuades   him  that 

*  Ward,   Catalogue  of  Romances    i.  418. 


INTRODUCTION  7 

one  of  the  children  must  be  a  bastard,  and  they  and  their 
mother  are  turned  out  into  the  forest,  100  miles  from  Rome. 
An  ape  runs  away  with  one  child,  and  a  lioness  with  the 
other.     But  they  all  meet  happily  in  the  end.^ 

Sir  Isumbras. 
The  Poem  tells  how  Sir  Isumbras,  in  the  height  of  his 
pride,  was  warned  by  an  angel ;  how  his  horse,  his  hawk, 
and  his  hounds  died  ;  how  his  cattle  were  all  lost,  and  his 
castle  burned,  and  nothing  saved  to  him  but  his  wife  and 
his  three  boys;  how  they  set  forth  on  a  pilgrimage  to 
Jerusalem  ;  how  he  was  robbed  of  the  two  elder  children 
by  a  lion  and  a  leopard,  and  of  his  wife  by  'an  hethen 
kynge ' ;  how  a  *  gryffyn '  flew  away  with  his  red  mantle 
and  the  gold  left  in  it  by  the  'hethen  kynge,'  and  his 
youngest  child  was  carried  off  by  a  unicorn ;  how  he  took 
service  with  a  smith  and  made  himself  armor ;  how  he 
was  received,  as  a  palmer,  by  his  own  wife,  now  become 
'  a  ryche  qwene ' ;  and  how,  while  both  he  and  his  wife 
were  fighting  against  '  two  hethenne  kynges '  and  their 
men,  they  were  rescued  by  their  three  sons,  riding  on  a 
lion,  a  leopard,  and  a  unicorn.^ 

Guillaume  d'Angleterre. 

Guillaume,  a  king  of  England,  is  commanded  by  an 
angel  to  leave  his  home  and  to  conceal  his  name  and 
dignity  for  twenty-four  years.  His  wife  discovers  his  in- 
tended flight  and  leaves  home  with  him.  They  live  for  a 
time  in  the  woods.  She  bears  twin  boys  on  a  rock  near 
the  sea.     She  is   carried  off"  by  merchants,   one  of  whom 

^  Ward,  p.  762.  2  Ward,  p.  760. 


8  INTRODUCTION 

throws  a  red  silk  purse  to  the  king.  The  purse  is  caught 
in  a  tree  and  snatched  away  by  an  eagle.  Guillaume  finds 
an  empty  boat;  but  whilst  he  is  placing  one  of  the  boys 
in  it  he  sees  a  wolf  running  off  with  the  other,  and  loses 
both.  At  the  end  of  twenty-four  years,  however,  they  all 
meet  again  in  England,  and  Guillaume  regains  his  kingdom.^ 

St.  Eustache. 

According  to  the  Greek  Martyr  Acts,  which  were  prob- 
ably composed  in  the  eighth  century,  this  saint  was  be- 
fore his  baptism  a  captain  of  Trajan,  named  Placidus.  As 
he  one  day  hunted  in  the  forest,  the  Saviour  appeared  to 
him  between  the  antlers  of  a  hart,  and  converted  him. 
Placidus  changed  his  name  into  Eustache,  when  he  was 
baptized  with  his  wife  and  sons.  God  announced  to  him 
by  an  angel  his  future  martyrdom.  Eustache  was  afflicted 
by  dreadful  calamities,  lost  all  his  estate,  and  was  com- 
pelled to  go  abroad  as  a  beggar  with  his  wife  and  his 
children.  As  he  went  on  board  a  ship  bound  for  Egypt, 
his  wife  was  seized  by  the  shipmaster  and  carried  off. 
Soon  after,  when  Eustache  was  traveling  along  the  shore, 
his  two  children  were  borne  away  by  a  lion  and  a  leo- 
pard. Eustache  then  worked  for  a  long  time  as  a  jour- 
neyman, till  he  was  discovered  by  the  Emperor  Trajan, 
who  had  sent  out  messengers  for  him,  and  called  him  to 
his  court.  Reappointed  captain,  Eustache  undertook  an 
expedition  against  the  Dacians.  During  this  war  he  found 
his  wife  in  a  cottage  as  a  gardener — the  shipmaster  had 
fallen  dead  to  the  ground  as  he  ventured  to  touch  her — and 
in   the   same   cottage  he  found  again  his  two  sons  as  sol- 

1  Ward,  p.  759. 


INTEODUCTION  9 

diers:  herdsmen  had  rescued  them  from  the  wild  beasts, 
and  brought  them  up.  Glad  was  their  meeting  again! 
But  as  they  returned  to  Rome,  they  were  all  burnt  in  a 
glowing  bull  of  brass  by  the  Emperor's  order  because 
they  refused  to  sacrifice  to  the  heathen  gods.^ 

The  duel  of  father  and  son  suggests  the  story  of  Sohrab 
and  Rustum,  retold  by  Matthew  Arnold ;  and  the  marriage 
of  mother  and  son  the  King  (Edipus  of  Sophocles. 

^  Adam,    Uber  Sir   Torrent  of  Portyngale^  p.  xxii. 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


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SIR  EGLAMOUR 


Jesu,  {)at*  es  hevens  kyng, 
Gyff  us  alle  his  blyssyng, 

And  beyld*  us  in  his  boure**; 
And  giff  t)am  joye  J^at  will  here 
Of  eldyrs  J)at  byfore  us  were, 

pat  lyved  in  grete  honoure. 
I  will  gow  telle  of  a  knyghte 
pat  was  bothe  hardy  and  wyght  *, 

And  stythe*  in  ilk**  a  stoure***; 
lo  Whare  dedis  of  armes  were,  fere  or  nere, 


jornaye 


pe  gre  *  he   wynnes   with 
clere  ***, 
And  ever  in  felde  J)e  floure*. 


** 


that 


*  shelter       **  abode 


*  active 

*  bold 

*  prize 

*  fiower 


**  each 

[***  encounter 

**  fghting 
[***  splendid 


II 

In  Artasse  *  was  getyn  **  and  borne, 
And  his  eldirs  hym  byforne. 

Herkyn !    I  will  gow  saye 
For  dedis  of  armes  whare  he  went: 
With  {)e  erle  es  *  he  lent  * 

In  derenes*  nyghte  and  daye. 

Sir  Pryncesamour  {)e  erle  hight*; 

20  Sir  Eglamour  men  callys  {)e  knyght, 

Was*  curtase  ever  and  aye. 
For  {)e  erle  hym  had  in  walde*, 
Of  dedis  of  armes  was  he  balde*: 

With*  no  man  sayde  he  naye. 

24  He  refused  a  challenge  from  none. 


*  Artois       **  begotten 


*  abode 

*  favor 

*  was  called 

*  See  117,  149,  261,  266 

*  keeping 

*  bold 

*  To 


14 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


(25-48) 


30 


III 

The  erle  had  na  child  bot  ane: 

pat  was  a  dogheter,  white  als  fame  *, 

pat  his  ayere  sold*  bee. 
Cristabelle  was  hir  name ; 
A  fayrere  lady  of  flesche  ne  bane 

Was  nane  in  Cristyante. 
Sir  Eglamour  sa*  hym  bare 
pat  alle  {)is  werlde  he  loved  na  mare 

pan  J)at  lady  free ; 
Sertanly,  bothe  day  and  nyght, 
Sa  dose  scho  *  J)at  gentyll  knyght : 

It  was  {)e  more  pete*. 


*  foam 

*  should 


*  does  she 

*  pity 


IV 

The  knyghte  was  hardy  and  bold  in 

stele  * ; 
parefore  jDe  lady  loved  hym  wele, 

Forsothe,  als  I  gow  telle. 
40  Lordis  come  of  ilk  a  lande 
Hir  to  aske,  I  undirstande, 

With  many  folkes  and  felle*. 
Sir  Eglamour,  he  garte  crye* 
Dedis  of  armes,  witterly* 

For  {)e  lufe  of  Cristabelle. 
What  manere  man  come  hir  to  hafe, 
Swylke  bofetes*  he  |)am  gaffe, 

For  ever  he  dyde*  {)am  dwelle**. 


steel  (armor) 


*  sturdy 

*  had  proclaimed 


assuredly 


*  Such  buffets 

*  made       **  stay^  lie 


(49-72) 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


15 


V 

Till  it  byfelle  appon  a  daye, 
50  Till  his  sqwyere  gun  *  he  saye 

In  chambir,  whare  l)ay  ryste*: 
'Belamy,  and  \>o\x  couthe  layne, 
Of  a  thyng  I  wolde  {)e  sayne: 

In  the  es  alle  my  tryste*.' 
'  §a,  mayster,  par  ma  faye  *, 
What  thyng  {)at  ge  to  me  saye, 

^ow  thare*  noght  be  abaste**.' 
'  pe  erles  dogheter,  so  God  me  save, 
pe  lufe  of  hir  bot*  I  may  have, 
60      My  lyfe  {)an*  hafe  I  lost.' 


*  began,  did 

*  rested 


*  trust 

*  hy  my  faith 

*  need        **  dispirited 

*  unless 

*  then 


VI 


*  Yea       **  noble 

*  private  affair 


'  §a,'  *  he  sayd^,  *  mayster  free  ** ; 
§e  hafe  me  told  goure  private*, 

I  sail  gow^  gyff  answare; 
Takis*  it  not  to  ill.     I  undirstande 
§e  are  a  knyghte  of  lytill  lande. 

And  mekill  wolde  hafe  mare. 
If  I  wende  and  say  hyr  sa. 
In  a  skorne  scho  will  it  ta*. 

And  lightly  late  me  fare. 
70  Mayster,  {)e  man  {)at  hewes  overhey  *,   *  too  high    q^ 

The  chyppis  fallis  in  his  eye;  *  f^^^^h  (S),  hap^^) 

Thus  fallis*   it  aywhare**.  ]^*  everywhere 

52  Dear  friend,  if  thou  couldst  keep  it  secret. 

66  And  (those  who  have)  much  would  (fain)  have  more. 

b 


*  Take,  imp. 


^take'-H-    '"^^^f-^rC:. 

Hi  »4_ 


A> 


16 


SIR  EaLAMOUR 


(73-96) 


VII 

Sir,  umbythynk  *  gow  of  all  thynge  *  - , 
pat  hir  wowes*  emperour  and  kynge, 

And  dukes  J)at  are  bolde; 
Erlis,  barons  hir  dose  *  also ; 
And  gitt  ne  will  scho  none  of  tho  *, 

Bot  in  gudnes  hir  holde.  • 
Wist  *  hir  fadir,  by  hevens  Kynge, 
80  pat  hir  were  profirde  swylke  *  a  thyng, 
'£^^/.      Full  dere  it  mond_*  be  solde. 
^'a^  Now  ne  wolde  scho  never  kyng  forsake 
And  til  *  a  sympill  knyght  hir  take  **, 
Bot  if*  {)aire  lufe  were  olde.' 


bethink        **  things 


*  do 

*  those 

*  Knew 

*  such 

*  would     ^  «»- 

*  for       **  cormnit 

*  Unless 


90 


VIII 

pan  sayd  jDe  knyght  {)at  was  so  mylde  : 
'  Sqwyare,  sen  J)ou  was  *  a  childe, 

pou  has  bene  aye  with  mee ; 
In  dedis  of  armes,  or  any  stowre, 
Whare  herde  {)0u  ever  my  dyshonoure  ? 

Saye  forthe,  sa  God  save  the  ! ' 
'Nay,  mayster,  by  God  of  myghte, 
5e  ere  {)e  nobileste  kn3^ghte 

I  knawe  in  Cristyante ; 
In  dedis  of  armes,  be  God  onlyve*, 
§our  body  es  worthe  oJ)er  fyve.' 

'  Gramercy,  sir  ! '  sayd  he. 


*  since  thou  ivert 


living 


(97-I20) 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


17 


IX 

pe  knyght  syghede  and  sayd  na  mare, 

Bot  to  his  bedd  {)an  gode*  he  J)are,     *  -went 

pat  richely  was  wroghte. 
loo  To  Criste  his  handis  he  lyfte  up  sone  : 
'Lorde,  ge  grants  me  my  bone, 

On  rode  als  J)ou  me  boghte: 
The  erhs  dogheter,  faire  and  free, 
pat  scho  myght  myn  awen  *  bee  *  own 

pat  maste  es  in  my  thoghte; 
pat  I  myght  wedd  hir  to  my  wyfe, 
And  rejoyse  hir  all  my  lyfe ; 

To  blysse  {)an  ware  I  broghte.' 


*  barons 

*  gathered 


X 

Appon  {)e  mome  J)e  mayden  smalle 
»io  By  fore  hir  fadir  ete  in  {)e  halle, 
Amang  J)e  beryns*  bryghte. 
like  man  semblede  *  in  bot  he ; 
pe  lady  sayde :  *  For  Goddis  pete, 

Whare  es  Eglamour,  my  knyght?' 
His  sqwyere  answerd  with  febill  chere  * :   *  downcast  expression 
'  Madame,   he   es   seke,   and  dede  full 
nere, 
Bysekis  *  go  we  **  of  a  syghte ; 
For  he  lyes  castyn  in  swylk  a  care, 
Bot  if*  ge  mende  hym  of  his  sare, 
iM      He  levys*  noghte  J)is  sevenyghte.' 

b  2 


*  Beseeches 

*  Unless 

*  lives 


** 


you 


18 


SIR  EGLAMOUE, 


(121-144) 


XI 

The  erle  to  his  dogheter  spake : 
*  Damesele,  for  Goddis  sake, 

Herkyn  whate  I  will  saye ; 
After  mete  dose  *  als  ]pe  hende  ** : 
Luke*  |dou  to  his  chambyr  wende. 

He  hase  servede  us  many  a  daye 
Trewdy  in  his  entent ; 
In  batelle  ne  in  tournament 

He  nytyde  *  us  never  with  naye  ** ; 
130  In  dedis  of  armes,  ferre  or  nere  *, 
pe  gre  *  he  Wynnes  with  journaye  clere, 

Oure  menske*  for  ever  and  aye.' 


*  do,  imp. 

*  Look 


**  courteous 


*  refused 

*  See  10 

*  See  II 

*  regard 


**  denial 


XII 


Efter  mete  this  lady  gent*, 
To  do  hir  fadir*  coma/^dment 

Scho  buskede  hir  *  to  wende ; 
And  with  hir  tuke  scho  maydyns  twa 
To  his  chambir  for  to  ga, 

pat  curtase  was  and  hende ; 
For  na  man  ne  wald  scho  spare* 
140  Till  his  chambir  for  to  fare, 

Whare  J)at  he  gan  lende  *. 
pe  sqwyere  sayd :  'Mayster,  ma*  gud   *  make 

chere ; 
Here  comes  {)e  erls  dogheter  dere ; 

Cryste  len  *  J)at  ge  part  frende  ! '        *  grant 


*  gentle 

*  father's 

*  viade  herself  ready 


*  forbear 


*  dwell 


(145-168) 


SIR  EGLAMOIIR 


19 


150 


XIII 

Than  sayd  pe  lady  {)at  was  bryght: 
'How  faris  Sir  Eglamour,  my  knyght, 

pat  doghety  es  ever  aywhare?' 
'  Dameselle,'  he  says,  'als  ge  may  see, 
Lyes  bowndyn  for  {)e  luf  of  the 

In  langynge*  and  in  care.' 
Than  sayd  J)e  lady  fayre  and  free: 
*  If  ge  be  angrede  for  ]pe  luffe  of  mee, 

It  greves  me  wondir  sare*.' 
'  Dameselle,  myghte  I  torne  *  unto  lyfe, 
I  wolde  wedd  gow  to  my  wyfe. 

If  {)at  gour  will  it  ware.' 


longing 


*  sore 

*  turn 


XIV 

pe  lady  sayd:  'So  God  me  see*, 
pou  arte  a  gud  knyght  and  a  fre, 

And  comen  of  gentill  blode; 
160  And  doghetily  undir  J)i  schelde 
Hase  wonne  {)e  gre  in  ilke  a  felde 

Full  menskfully*,  by  J)e  rode. 
I  sail  avyse  me  of  it, 
And  at*  my  fadir,  I  rede,  ge  witt** 

If  {)at  his  will  be  gode. 
Als  I  am  mayden  trewe  and  gent, 
If  ge  be  bothe  at  one  assent, 

I  fayle  the  for  na  fode*.' 


*  guard 


*  honorably 


from       **  learn 


*  person 


20  Sm  EGLAMOUK  (169-192) 

XV 

The   knyghte   he   kepis  *  no   more  of  *  heeds,  cares 
blysse ; 
170  Now  he  hase  getyn  grant  of  this, 
He  made  full  ryalle  chere. 
He  comand  *  his  sqwy ere  for  to  gaa,   *  commanded 
Of  golde  a  hundreth  pownd  to  taa*,   *  take 

To  ^y^  hir  maydyns  clere : 
'  Damesele,  so  God  me  save, 
To  goure  maryage  J)is  sail  ge  have ; 

For  ge  come  never  are  *  here.'  *  before 

Scho  thanked  hym  anone  righte, 
And   tuke   hir   leve,   and   kyssede   J)e 
knyght, 
x8o      And  sayde :  'Fare  wele,  my  fere*!'   "^  mate 


XVI 

Agayne  {)e  lady  tase  *  {)e  waye ;  *  takes 

pe  erle  hir  fadir  for  to  saye  *,  *  assay 

Laye  in  a  holde  *  of  stane.  *  stronghold 

'Welcome,  dogheter,   whit  als  floure  ! 
How  faris  my  knyghte.  Sir  Eglamour  ?' 

Scho  answerde  hym  onane*:  "^  anon 

'Grete  athes  he  me  sware 
pat  he  es  coverde  *  of  his  care  :  *  recovered 

Slyke*  comforthe  hase  he  tane**.      *  ^^^^/^      **  ^^^^„ 
190  He  tolde  me  and  my  maydyns  hende, 

To  morne*  he  wolde   over  revere**  *  To-morrozv    '^'■^  river 
wende 

With  his  hawkis  ilkane.' 


(I93-2I6) 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


21 


XVII 

pe  erle  sayd  {)an :  '  Sekirly, 
I  will  wend  to  see  pam  fly 

For  comforthe*  of  the  knyghte.' 
Appon  J)e  morne,  when  it  was  daye, 
Sir  Eglamour  tase  J)e  waye 

Till  a  revere  full  ryght. 
The  erle  buskede  and  mad  hym  gare  *, 
too  And  bothe  {)ay  went  to  {)e  ryvare 

To  se  t)at  semly  syghte. 
Alle  l>e  daye  })ay  made  gud  chere ; 
A  wrethe*  bygane,  als  ge  may  here, 

Be  J)at  it  neghede*  to  nyghte. 


See  189 


ready 


*  wrath 

*  By    the 


tijue    that  it 
[drew  nigh 


XVIII 

Als  J)ay  went  hamward  by  J)e  waye, 
pe  knyghte  unto  })e  erle  gun  saye : 

'Lord,  will  ge  me  here?' 
'^aa,'  he  sayd,  'so  mot*  I  the**! 
Whatkyn*  thynge  {)ou  says  to  mee, 

It  es  me  leve*  and  dere; 
For  J)e  beste  knyght  arte  {)0u 
pat  in  my  lande  lyves  nowe, 

Ow{)er  ferre  or  nere.' 
'Gud^  lorde,  pur*  charyte, 
Cristabelle,  gour  doghter  free, 

When  schall  scho  hafe  a  fere?' 


*  may       **  thrive 

*  Whatever 

*  welcome 


•for 


I 


22 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


(217-240) 


XIX 

The  erle  sayde :  '  So  God  me  save, 
I  knawe  na  man  my  doghter  sail  have, 

pat  es  so  bryghte  of  blee  *.' 
220  '  §is  *,  gud  lorde,  I  gow  praye — 
I  hafe  gow  servede  many  a  daye — 

§e  voche  hir  safe  on  me.' 
The  erle  sayde:  'By  Goddis  payne, 
Will  J)ou  hir  wyn,  als  I  the  sayne*, 

With  dedis  of  armes  three, 
I  sail  |)e  gyff  {)e  maydyn  clere, 
And  alle  Artasse,  bothe  ferre  and  nere ; 

I  halde*  J)erto',  sayd  hee. 


*  htce 

*  Yes 


say 


*  hold 


XX 

The  knyght  sayd:  'So  mote  I  the, 
230  At  my  journaye  wolde  I  bee.' 

He  buskede  and  mad  hym  gare. 
'Bot  a  lyttill  here  by  weste 
A  geant  hase  a  fayre  forest — 

Slyke*  sawe  {)ou  never  are — 
With  syprese  trees  growand*  lang; 
Gret  hertis  walkes  J)am  amange, 

pe  fayrest  on  fote  may  fare. 
And*  I)Ou  bryng  me  an**  awaye, 
Sir  knyght,  {)an  dare  I  safely  saye 
240      pat  J)ou  hase  bene  thare.' 


*  Such 

*  growing 


If 


** 


one 


222  You  vouchsafe  her  to  me. 


(241-258)  SIR  EGLAMOUR  23 

XXI 

'Petir*,'  sayde  J)e  knyght  than,  *  By  St.  Peter 

'Iff  f)Ou  be  a  Cristyn  man, 

Hald  J)at  Jdou  hase  hyghte*:  "^  promised 

Kepe  wele  my  lady  and  my  lande.' 
parto  })e  erle  held  up  his  hande; 

To  hym  his  trouthe  he  plyght[e]*.     *  troth  he  plighted 


XXII 

After  mete,  als  I  gow  saye, 
Sir  Eglamour  he  tase  J)e  waye. 

To  telle  |)at  lady  free. 
250  '  Dameselle,'  he  sayde  onane, 
For  {)i  lufe  hafe  I  undirtane 

Dedis  of  armes  thre.' 
*  Sir,'  scho  said^,  '  make  J)e  glade, 
For  hardare  journayes  never  {)ou  hade, 

Never  in  no  contree. 
Be*  J)ou  fra  {30se  journayse  passe,  *  By  the  time 

For  my  luffe  sail  Jdou  say  'Alias,' 

And  I  wele*  more  for  the.  *  well 

244  The  early  editions  insert  six  lines  here. 


il 


24  SIR  EGLAMOUH  (259-282) 

xxni 

Sir,  sen  J)Ou  on  huntynge  fowndis*,       *  goest 
*^°  I  sail  the  gyffe  twa  gud  grewhoundis, 

Are  donnede  *  als  any  doo  **.  *  dicsky^  made  dtm 

Als  I  ame  trewe  gentyll  woman,  L       ^^ 

per  es  no  beste  on  erthe  J)at  ranne, 

On  fote  jDay  will  hym  to. 
And  a  gud  swerd  I  sail  gyff  the, 
Was  fonden  in  the  Grekkes  see, 

Of  J)am  knawe  I  no  moo  ; 
And  *    |)0u   hafe  happe  to  heve  **  it   *  7/^    **  heave^  handle 

wele, 
par  es  no  helme  of  iryn  ne  stele 
270      pat  it  ne  will  cleve  it  in  two.' 


XXIV 

The  knyght  kyssede  {)at  lady  gent ; 
He  tuke  his  leve  and  forthe  he  went, 

His  waye  J)an  hase  he  tane. 
An  heghe  strete  he  helde  feste*  *  fast 

Till  J)at  he  come  till  a  forest ; 

Slyke  sawe  he  never  nane  : 
With  syprisse  bowes  lyes  owte  *  ;  *  ? 

pe  wodd  was  walled  all  abowte, 

And  kervede  of  riche  stane. 
j8o  Forthirmare  *  J)an  gan  he  fare ;  *  Further 

A  brade  gate  *  J)an  fonde  he  {)are,         *  gate 

parein  J)e  knyghte  es  gane. 

264  But  they  will  overtake  him  in  running. 


(283-306) 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


25 


XXV 

He  blewe  his  home  in  \>3it  tyde; 
pe  hertis  rase  one  ylka  syde; 

A  nobill  dere  he  chese. 
The  hundis  at  {)e  dere  gun  baye; 
pat  herde  l>e  geant  {)er  he  laye, 

And  repid  hym  of  his  resse. 
He  said  ;  'per  es  som  thefe  comen  here 
290  In  my  foreste  to  stele  my  dere ; 

Hym  were  wele  better  cesse*! 
By  hym  {)at  werede  {)e  crown  of  thorne, 
In  warre-tym  blewe  he  never  his  home, 

Ne  derrare  boghte  no  mese*.' 


*  7Jiess  {of food) 


XXVI 

Than  l)e  geant  tase  the  waye 

To  J)e  forest-gatt *,  als  it  laye;  ^ gate 

His  bakk  he  sett  {)er  till. 
Syr  Eglamour  hase  done  to  dede  *         *  death 
A  grete  herte,  and  tane  {)e  hede; 
300      pe  prysse  *  he  blewe  full  schill  **.     *  prize      **  shrill 
When  he  come  ware  {)e  geant  was, 
'  Gude  sir,'  he  sayd,  *  |)ou  latt  me  passe, 

If  l)at  it  be  thi  will.' 
'Nay,  traytour,  {)0u  arte  tane; 
My  chefe  herte  hase  {)ou  slane; 

pat  sail  l)e  lyk*  full  ill.'  *  please 

288    And    roused    him    from    his   rest?     Meaning    doubtful;    cf.   Sir 
Tristrem  28;    Cursor  Mundi  25433,  but  also  Schleich,  p.  135. 
300  See  New  Eng.  Diet.  s.  v.  pryse. 


26  SIR  EGLAMOQR  (307-330) 

XXVII 

To  J)e  knyght  J)e  geaunt  gun  gaa; 
An  iryn  clube  he  gan  hym  taa, 

Was  mekill  *  and  unryde  **.  *  ^^^      **  unwieldy 

310  Grete  strakis  he  hym  gaffe ; 
In  {)e  erthe  he  strake  his  staffe 

A  fote  on  ylke  a  syde. 
He  sayd :  '  Traytour,  whate  dose  {)ou 

here, 
In  my  foreste  to  stele  my  dere? 

Here  sail  Jdou  habyde.' 
Sir  Eglamour  his  swerde  owt  droghe  *,   *  drew 
And  in  his  eghne*  it  keste**  a  *  eyes       **  cast 

swoghe  ***,  [***  gl^^re 

And  blynddid  hym  {)at  tyde. 

xxvni 

Bot  all  *  {)Oghe  he  had  lost  his  syghte,   *  even 
320  §it  faghte  he  with  })at  nobill  knyght 
All  I)at  daye  full  gare 
Unto  {)e  mome,  JDat  it  was  pryme  * ;      ♦  the  first  hour 
Sir  Eglamour  sawe  his  tyme, 

And  to  {)e  hert  *  hym  bare  ;  *  erthe  (C) 

Thorow  J)e  strengthe  of  God  J)at  mad^ 

man, 
To  I)e  erthe  he  bare  hym  J)an; 

pat  fende  bygane  to  rare*.  *  roar 

Syne*  men  mett**  hym,  als  I  saye,      "^  Afterward    ** found 
On  J)e  playne  grownd  {^er  he  laye, 
330      Feftene  fotte  and  mare. 


(331-354) 


SIK  EGLAMOUR 


27 


XXIX 

Thorowe  Goddis  helpe  and  his  knyfe, 
Thus  hase  pe  geant  loste  his  lyfe. 

He  loves  Gode  of  his  lane*; 
An  heghe  strete  tuke  he  thare, 
pe  geauntis  hevede  *  with  hym  bare     *  head 

Till  a  castelle  of  stane. 
pe  courte   come  hally  *  hym  agayne ; 
Slyk*  an  hevede,  gun  J)ay  sayne, 

Hade  J)ay  never  sene  nane. 
340  Before  pe  erle  gan  he  fare : 
'  Lo,  lorde,  I  hafe  bene  {)are.' 

pay  bare  wittnes  ilkane. 


*  loan,  grace 


*  wholly 

*  Such 


XXX 

pe  erle  said  :  '  What  if  I)is  poynt  be 

done, 
pou  sail  hafe  a  journaye  sone ; 

pou  buske  and  make  })e  gare. 
In  Sedoyne,  in  Joat  riche  contree, 
pare  dare  na  man  belde*  nor  be  *  dwell 

For  dowt*  of  a  bare;  *  fear 

Man  or  beste  })at  he  overtase — 
350  pat  wylde  swyn — he  J)am  slase. 

And  gyffes  {)am  wondis  sare; 
His  tuskes  are  halfe  a  gerde  lange ; 
pe  flesche  {)at  J)ay  festyn*  amange,       "^  fasten 

It  coveres  *  never  mare.'  *  recovers 


II 


28 


Sm  EGLAMOUR 


(355-378) 


XXXI 

pis   nobill   knyghte,   he    sayde    noght 

naye; 
Bot  one*  the  morne,  when  it  was  daye,   *  on 

His  wayes  J)an  wendis  hee 
Till  Sedoyne,  I  undirstande. 
A  monethe  he  travelde  alle  by  lande, 
360      And  als  mekill  by  {)e  see, 
Till  it  felle  agayne  an  evyntyde, 
Into  J)e  forrest  gan  he  ryde 

Whare  als  {)at  bare  sulde  be. 
Takynnywges*  of  hym  sone  he  fande,   *  Tokens 
Slayne  men  one  ilk  a  hande  ; 

It  was  dole  to  see. 


XXXII 

Sir  Eglamour  laye  undir  an  ake, 

Till   on  |)e  morne,    J)at  he  gun  wake, 

pe  sone  rase  bryght,  and  schane. 
370  Into  J)e  foreste  forthe  he  droghe ; 
Of  {)e  see  he  herde  a  swoghe*, 

And  thedir*  gun  he  gane. 
Bryght^  helmys  he  fannd  aywhare 
pat  men  of  armes  had  leved  {jare, 

pat  J)e  bare  hade  slane. 
Till  a  clyffe  J)an  wendis  he; 
He  sawe  {)e  bare  com  fra  the  see, 

His  mome-drynke  hade  he  tane. 


*  thither 


(379-402) 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


29 


XXXIII 

When  \>e  bare  saw  whare  he  stode, 
380  He   whette   his   tuskis    als  *   he   ware 
wode**, 
And  till  hym  droughe  one  syde. 

And  {)e  knyghte  wennes*  wele  to  do  : 

With  a  spere  he  rynnes  hym  to 
,J*^     Als  swythe*  als  he  myghte  ryde; 
^   Bot  ^ofe*  he  rade  never  so  faste, 

His  nobill  spere  on  hym  he  braste, 
-'*,     ^^It  wold  nott  in  hym  bytt*. 
6^*^  pe  bare  pan  come  nerre*  with  a  swoghe, 
1^  "His  nobill  stede  undir  hym  he  sloghe; 
350      On  fote  J)is  knyghte  most  byde. 


as  if       **  mad 


*  weens^  plans 

*  hard 

*  though 

*  hite 


XXXIV 

The  knyghte  on  fote  now  most  habyd ; 
Untill  a  banke  he  sett  his  syde 

In  |)Ose  holtys  so  hare*. 
His  nobill  swerde  he  drawes  syne, 
And  faughte  with  J)at  wylde  swyne 

Thre  dayes  and  som  dele  mare, 
Till  on  t)e  fourte  daye  at  none 
His  lyfe-dayes  were  nerehand*  done, 

Forfoghtten*  with  J)at  bare. 
400  The   knyght   hym   couthe*  na  better 
rede  **, 
Bot  strake  faste  at  J)e  bares  hede  ; 

His  tuskes  he  strake  owt  })are. 


hoar 


*  nearly 

*  Worn  out  with  fight- 

[ing 

*  knew      **  plan,  idea 


30 


SER  EGLAMOUE 


(403-426) 


XXXV 

Thorow  1)6  myght  of  God  in  {jat  stownd 

pe  bare  he  gaffe  his  dedis  *  wounde,   *  death's 

Als  J)at  |)e  buke  us  telHs. 
The  kyng  of  Sedoyne  on  huntyng  es 

gane, 
With  fyfty  men  of  armys  ylkane : 

pe  bare  he  herde  gyff  *  gelHs.  *  ^'ve 

He  bade  a  sqwyere  forthe  to  fare  : 
410  '  per  es  som  in  perill  with  J)e  bare ; 

I  drede,  full  lange  we  dwelle*.'  *  deiuy 

Till  a  clyffe  pe  s[q]wyere  com  sone, 
And  sees  a  knyghte  he  wand  hym  one  *   *  alone 

And  with  swerde  servelle*.  *  drain 


XXXVI 

pe  sqwyere  byhaldys  J)am  twa, 

And  tournes  agayne  and  sayd  |Dam  swa : 

*  Sir  kynge,  pe  bare  es  slane.' 
'Saynt  Mary,  how  may  {)at  be?' 
'Sir,  a  knyght  I  on  hym  see, 
420      For  sothe,  pat  es  his  bane*. 

He  beris  of  golde  a  semely  sighte  * ; 
A  stede  of  asure,  and  a  knyghte 

Alle  armede,  als  he  solde*  gane; 
pe  crest  {)at  on  his  helme  es, 
A  lady  of  gowlis*  in  hir  reches**; 

His  bagges*  are  sabyll  ylkane.' 


*  slayer 

*  quantity 

*  should 

*  gules        *  riches 

*  badges^  cognizances 


(427-450) 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


31 


XXXVII 

pe  kynge  sayd :  '  So  mot  I  the, 
pose  gentill  armes  I  will  go  see ;' 

And  thedir  he  tuke  \>e  waye. 
430  By  J)at  had  Sir  Eglamour 

Vencuste*  alle  {jat  stronge  stoure; 

Ourthwerte*  \>e  bare  he  laye. 
'  Sir  knyghte,'  he  sayd,  '  God  rist  with 

the!' 
'  Welcome,  sirris,  mot  ge  be ; 

Of  peese  I  wolde  gow  praye. 
I  hafe  so  foghetyn  with  J)is  bare. 
So  helpe  me  God,  I  may  no  mare; 

This  es  {)e  fourte  daye.' 


*  Vanquished 

*  Across 


XXXVIII 

I 

pe  kyng  sayd  {)an :  '  So  mot  I  the, 
440  Here  sail  no  man  fyghte  with  the ; 
It  ware  synn  the  to  tene.* 
For  {)ou  hase  foghtten  with  a  bare 
pat  hase  walked  full  wydewhare*, 

And  many  mans  bane*  hase  bene, 
pou  art  doghety  undir  \t\  schelde, 
Hase  slayne  thi  fa,  and  wonn  {)e  felde  ; 

pat  we  alle  hafe  sene. 
I  hafe  sene,  I  dare  wele  saye, 
pat  he  hase  slayne  fourty  on  a  daye, 
4SO      Wele  armede  men  and  clene*.' 


"^  injure 

*  far  and  wide 

*  slayer 


•fine 


32 


SIR  EGLAMOUH 


(451-474) 


XXXIX 

Dylecyous  metis  forthe  {)ay  broghte, 
pe    Renyche*    wyne    ne    spared    pay 
noghte ; 
Whitte  clathis  {)are  J^ay  sprede. 
pe  kyng  sayde :  '  So  mot  I  the, 
I  will  dyne  for  jje  lufe  of  the ; 

pou  hase  bene  strangly  stedde*.' 
'  So  helpe  me  God,'  \>e  knyght  says, 
I  hafe  foghetyn  foure  dayes, 
And  never  a  fote  I  flede.' 
460  '  Sir  knyght,'  ]pe  kyng  says,  '  I  pray  the, 
All  nyght   pat  {)ou  wold  dwelle  with 
mee, 
And  riste  the  in  a  bed.' 


Rhenish 


*  hesei 


ask 


XL 

When  {)ay  had  dyned,  als  I  gow  sayne, 
pe  kyng  gan  at  {)e  knyghte  frayne* 

Of  whate  land  J^at  he  was. 
*  My  name,'  he  said,  *  es  Sir  Awntour ; 
I  dwelle  with  Sir  Pryncesamour, 

The  Erie  of  Artase.' 
pe  knyghtis  nerhande*  J)e  kyng  droghe :   *  near  to 
470  '  Lord,  |)is  es  he  J^at  Arrake  sloghe, 

pe  geanttes  bro{)er  Marrasse.' 
'  Sir  knyght,'  J)e  kyng  said,  '  I  pray  t)e, 
Twa  dayes  or  thre  {)0u  dwelle  with  me 

Or*  {)at  {)ou  fra  me  passe. 


*  Ere 


(475-498) 


SIR  EGLAMOUE, 


33 


4»o 


XLI 

pare  wonnes  a  geaunt  nere  besyde ; 
My  dogheter,   {)at  es  of  mekill  pryde, 

He  wolde  hir  hafe  me  fra; 
pat  I  ne  dare  never  nowhar  wend  owt, 
Bot*  I  hafe  armed  men  me  abowte ; 

Full  seldom  es  wight  thus  faa.* 
pe  bare  J)at  i)Ou  hase  slayne  here, 
He  hase  hym  fed  |)is  feftene  gere 

Crystyn  men  to  slaa. 
Now  es  he  went,  with  care  ynoghe, 
To  bery  his  bro{)er  I)at  J)ou  sloghe ; 

per  evermare  worthe*  hym  waa!' 


*  Unless 

*  hostile 


be,  befall 


XLII 

To   bryttyn*   {)e   bare  {)ay   went   full 

tite**; 
par  wolde  no  knyves  in  hym  bytte, 

So  hard  of  hyde  was  he. 
490  '  Sir  Awntour,  sen  {)0u  hym  sloghe, 
We  trowe  J)at  thyn  be  gud  ynoghe, 

If  {)at  I)i  willis  it  bee.' 
pe  knyght  agayne  to  J)e  bare  es  gane, 
And  cleved  hym  by  t)e  ryggebane* ; 

It  was  grete  joye  to  see. 
'  Lordyngs,  I  garte  *  hym  down  falle  ;   *  made 
Gyves  me  {)e  hede,  and  takes  gow  alle  ; 

§e  wate*  it  es  my  fee.' 


*  cut  up        **  quickly 


*  backbone 


*  know 


c  2 


il 


34 


SIE,  EGLAMOUR 


(499-522) 


XLIII 

The  kyng  said :  '  So  God  me  save, 
500  Of  J)e  bare  what  J)ou  will  have 
pou  hase  it  boghte  full  dere.' 
After  cartis  \>e  kyng  hase  sent; 
.  Agayne  \>e  none  hamwardes  J)ay  went ; 
The  cete  was  {)am  nere. 
pe  courte  was  {)an  alle  full  fayne 
pat  that  wikked  wilde  beste  was  slayne ; 

pay  made  full  ryall  chere. 
The  qwene  said :  *  God  scheld  me  fra 

blame ! 
What  tyme  \>e  geant  comes  hame, 
sxo      New  tydands  get  we  here.' 


XLIV 

Sir  Eglamour,  this  nobill  knyghte, 
He  was  sett  with  {)at  dere  wyghte, 

For  {)at  he  solde  be  blythe. 
Men  called  J)at  lady  Organata; 
Scho  prayed  hym  gud  chere  for  to  ma, 

By  God,  full  ofte  sythe  * ;  *  times 

And  after  mete  scho  gun  hym  telle 
How  a  geant  walde  {)am  qwelle : 

And  he  bygan  to  lythe  *.  *  listen 

520  '  Damesele,'  he  said,  '  so  mot  I  the. 
And  he  come  here  whils  I  here  be, 

I  sail  asaye  *  hym  swythe.'  *  test,  assail 


(523-546)  SIR  EGLAMOUR  35 

XLV 

Agayne  \>e  ewyn  *})e  kynggart  dighte  **  *  even        **  caused  to 
A  nobill  bathe  for  t)e  gentill  knyghte,  [prepare 

Of  herbys  l)at  were  gode. 
And  alle  {)e  nyght  I)erin  he  laye 
Till  on  {)e  mome  {)at  it  was  daye, 

To*  men  to  matyns  gode**.  *  Till     **  went 

pe  kyng  went  and  herde  his  masse; 
530  By  {)at  {)e  geant  comen  wasse, 

And  cryede  als  he  ware  wode, 
And  said :  '  Sir  kyng,  send  owt  to  me 
Organata,  thi  dogheter  free, 

Or  I  sail  spill  thi  blode.' 


XL  VI 

Sir  Eglamour,  this  nobill  knyghte, 
Armed  hym  onone  ryghte, 

And  to  {)e  wallis  went  hee. 
The  bares  hevede  garte  he  bere. 
And  sett  it  forthe  appon  a  spere, 
5j<v,'^''  At*  Marrasse  myght  it  see.  *  That 

"^  The  geant  luked  on  J)e  baris  hede : 
''      'Alias,  my  gud  bare,  ert  {)ou  dede? 

Mekill  was  my  trayste*  in  the.  *  trust 

By  J)e  laye*  {)at  I  leve*  in,  *  law      **  believe 

My  littill  spotted  hogdyn*,  "^  pig 

Dere  boghte  {)i  dede  sail  be ! ' 


I 


36 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


(547-570) 


XL  VII 

The  geant  on  {)e  wallis  dange*; 
After  ilke  a  dynt  pe  fyre  owt  sprange ; 

For  na  man  walde  he  spare. 
550  Into  {)e  castell  gan  he  crye  : 
'Thefes,  traytours,  ge  sail  dy 

For  slayng  of  my  bare ; 
Sonre  stane  wallis  I  sail  down  dynge  *, 
And  with  myn  handis  I  sail  gow  hynge* 

Or  {)at  I  hythen*  fare.' 
Thorowe  JDe  helpe  of  God,  by  *  it  was 

nyghte, 
J)e  geant  had  his  fill  of  fy^ghte— 

pe  buke  says,  sum  dele  mare. 


*  smote 


*  smash 

*  hang 

*  hence 

*  hy  the  time  that 


XLVIII 

Sir  Eglamour  es  noghte  abayste*: 
560  On  Goddis  helpe  es  alle  his  trayste, 

And  on  his  swerde  so  bryghte. 
'Sir  Awntour,'  saide  {)e  kynge  than, 
'Us  bus*  arme  us,  ilk  a  man; 

This  fend  will  felly*  fyghte.' 
Sir  Eglamour  said :  '  By  {)e  rode, 
I  sail  assaye  hym,  JDofe*  he  be  wode, 

And  sla  hym  thorow  Goddis  myghte.' 
He  rynnes  a  cowrse  to  prove  his  stede, 
And  tuk  hys  helme  and  forthe  he  gede ; 
570      Alle  prayed  {)ay  for  t)at  knighte. 


*  confounded 


*  behooves 

*  fiercely 

*  though 


(571-594) 


Sni  EGLAMOUR 


37 


XLIX 

Sir  Eglamour  {)e  feld  tase; 

pe  geant  sees,  and  to  hym  gase: 

Sayd :  *  Art  I)ou  comen,  my  fere  ? 
Arte  Jjou  ane  of  tha  j)at  slewe  my  bare  ? 
pou  sail  habye*  or  {)ou  hethyn  fare; 

Never  thynge  J)0u  did  swa  dere.' 
The  knyght  wenys  wele  to  do, 
And  with  a  spere  he  rynnes  hym  to, 

Als  man  of  armes  clere. 
580  pe    geant    buskes     and    made     hym 
bowne*; 
Horse  and  man  he  strykes  alle  downe, 
pe  knyghte  to  dede  wele  nere. 


*  ato) 


ready 


pan  he  ne  couthe  *  no  better  rede  **,   *  kiuw      **  counsel 
When  I)at  his  nobyll  stede  was  dede, 

To  fote  he  gane  hym  tane. 
Nerhand  |)e  geant  gan  he  ga, 
His  righte  arme  he  strake  hym  fra 

Fast  by  {)e  schuldir-bane. 
The  geant  with  I)e  1[61)er*  hande 
590  Alle  })e  daye  he  stofle  feghtande. 

Till  {)e  Sonne  to  ryste  was  gane. 
Now  may  he  no  lengare  dry*; 
He  es  so  febill,  witterly*, 

pat  lyfe  es  lefte  hym  nane. 


=  })et  oper 


*  endure 

*  in  truth 


II 


38  SIR  EGLAMOUR  (595-6i8) 


LI 


Bot  alle  J)at  one  {)e  wallis  ware, 
When  {)at  })ay  herde  ]De  geant  rare, 

For  joye  f)e  bellis  J)ay  rynge. 
Edmond  was  pe  kynges  name  ; 
He  sayd :  '  Sir  Awntour,  by  Sayne  Jame, 
600      Here  {)0u  sail  be  kynge. 

To  mome  sail  J)ou  crownede  be, 
pou  sail  wedd  my  dogheter  free 

With  one  so  riche  rynge.' 
Than  spake  pe  gentill  knyght  so  mylde : 
'  God  gyffe  J)e  joye  of  thi  childe, 

For  here  may  I  noght  be  kynge.' 


LII 

'  Sir  knyght,  j^an  for  thi  doghety  dede 
I  sail  pe  gyffe  a  nobill  stede, 

Es  rede*  als  any  rone**;  *  ^.^      **  ,,^^„ 

610  In  justes  ne  in  tournament 

Sail  {)ou  take  no  dedis  dent*,  *  ^,>,^  of  death,  mortal 

Whills*  {)ou  arte  hym  one.'  *  whilst  \}vound 

pan  sayd  Organata,  J)at  swet  thynge: 
'I  sail  gyffe  J)e  a  gud  golde  rynge, 

With  a  full  ryche  stone ; 
Whareso  {)ou  walkes,  on  water  or  land, 
Whills  it  es  appon  thyn  hande, 

pou  sail  never  be  slone.' 


^ 


(619-642)  SIR  EGLAMOUR  39 

LIII 

'  God  forgelde,  mayden  clere ! ' 
620  '  I  sail  habyde  the  {)is  feftene  gere, 

So  {)at  {)ou  wold  me  wedd ; 
Trewiy,  and  so  God  me  save, 
Kynge  ne  duke  nane  for  to  have, 

pofe  {)ay  be  comly  clede*.'  *  clad 

*  Damesele,'  he  sayd,  '  par  ma  faye, 
By  I)at  I  sail  wete  {)e  at*  saye  Kv^^J     *  to    7 

How  })at  I  hafe^spedde.' 
He  tuk  his  leve  forthe  for  to  fare, 
With  {)e  geant  hevede  and  {)e  bare, 
630      pe  wayes  oure  Lorde  hym  ledd. 


LIV 

By  seven  wekes  were  comen  to  ende. 

In  {)e  lande  of  Artas  gun  he  lende*,     *  land 

Whare  {)at  {)e  erle  war^. 
AUe  bot  })e  erle  were  full  fayne 
pat  he  in  qwerte  *  was  comen  agayne,   *  court 

In  trouthe,  bathe  lesse  and  mare. 
Cristabelle,  whytt  als  fame, 
Herde  telle  })at  he  was  comen  hame; 

Till  his  chambir  mad  hir  gare  *.         *  ready 
640  '  Sir  knyght,'    scho  sayde,   '  how  hase 

{)0U   fame*?'  *  fared 

'  Dameselle,  wele,  and  travelde  game*   *  gladly 
To  brynge  us  bathe  of  care.' 

626   By  that  time  I  shall  make  trial. 


II 


40  SIR  EGL AMOUR  (643-666) 


LV 


pe  knyghte  kyssede  |Dat  lady  gent, 
And  into  J)e  haulle  es  he  went, 

The  erle  for  to  tene*. 
The  two  hedis  downe  he  layde ; 
'Lo,  lorde!'  |De  knyght  sayde, 

*In  Sedoyne  hafe  I  bene.' 
pe  erle  was  J)an  full  wondir  wa : 
650  '  What,  devell,  may  na  thyng  {)e  sla  ? 

By  Sayne  Jame,  so  I  wene ; 
pou  arte  abowte,  I  undirstande, 
To  wyn  all  Artas  of  my  hande, 

And  my  dogheter  bryghte  and 
schene.' 


LVI 

pe  knyghte  sayde:  'So  mot  I  the, 
Noght  bot  if  I  worthy  be ; 

By  God,  t)at  es  beste.' 
The  erle  sayde :  'Slyke  chans  maye  fall 
That  ane  may  come  and  quyte  *  all,      *  regmte 
660      Be  thou  never  so  prest*.'  *  keen 

'  Now,  gud  lorde,  I  the  praye. 
Of  feftene  wokes  gyffe  me  daye, 

My  bonys  for  to  reste.' 
Thorowe  prayere  of  J)ose  gentill  men, 
Twelve  wokes  he  gaffe  hym  {)en; 

Na  langere  wold  he  freste  *.  *  delay 

662   Appoint  me  a  period  of  fifteen  weeks. 


(667-690)  SIR  EGLAMOUR  41 

LVII 

After  soper  gan  he  fare 
To   Cristabelle   chambir,    whare   scho 
ware : 
pare  torchis  brynnes  bryghte. 
670  The  lady  was  of  mekill  pryde, 
And  sett  hym  on  hir  beddis  syde, 

And  said :  '  Welecom,  sir  knyghte ! ' 
'  Dameselle,'  he  sayd,  '  so  hafe  I  spede, 
Thorow  {)e  grace  of  God  I  schall  })e 
wedd ; ' 
And  {)are  J)ay  trouthes  plyghte. 
So  gracyously  he  gun  hir  telle 
Of  dedis  of  armys  {)at  hym  byfelle, 
pat  {)are  he  dwellid  all  nyghte. 


LVIII 

By  pe  twelve  wokes  were  alle  gane, 
680  The  lady,  whyte  als  qwallis  bane*        *  {whale's bone);  waims 
Alle  falowed  *  hir  hewe.  *  paled  [ivory 

'My  chambir- women,  als  ge  are  fre, 
Sen  ge  knawe  my  prevate*,  ■•^privity 

To  me  {)at  ge  be  trewe ! ' 
pe  erle,  brym*  als  any  bare,  '^fierce 

Bad  Eglamour  make  hym  gare : 

'  Thi  joumay  comes  newe  !' 
When  Cristabelle  herde  ^erof  saye, 
Scho  moumys  bothe  nyght  and  daye, 
690      pat  alle  wyghttis  myght  hir  rewe  *.   *  pity 


J 


42  SIB  EGLAMOUR  (691-714) 

LIX 

*At  grete  Rome,  als  men  me  talde, 

pare  lyes  a  worme*,  bitter  and  balde,   *  dragon 

Forsothe,  als  I  the  saye. 
pat  fend  es  of  so  grete  renowne, 
pare  dare  no  man  come  nere  {)e  towne 

By  seven  mile  of  J)e  waye. 
Arme  the,  and  thedir  })ou  wende; 
Luk  {)0u  sla  hym  with  thy  hende, 

Or  ells  {)ou  saye  me  naye.' 
700  pe  knyght  says  :  '  I  hafe  done  poyntes 
twa; 
Thorow  {)e  myght  of  God  I  sail  do  ma, 

Or  ells  ende  {)er  for  aye.' 


LX 

Sir  Eglamour  to  chambir  gase; 
Of  Cristabelle  his  leve  he  tase, 

Es  faire  als  flour*  one  filde.  *  flower 

'  Damesele,  I  hafe  a  poynt  undone ; 
I  sail  wende,  and  come  full  sone 

Thorow  I^e  helpe  of  Mary  mylde. 
A  gold  ryng  I  sail  gyff  the; 
710  Kepe  it  wele,  my  lady  free. 

If  God  send  the  a  childe. '  / 

And,  als  })e  buke  of  Rome  says,  » 
To  grete  Rome  he  tase  {)e  wayes. 

To  seke  {)at  worme  so  wylde. 


(715-738)  Sm  EGLAMOUil  43 


LXI  I 


pe  knyght  wendis  on  his  waye — 
Herkyns  now,  I  sail  50W  saye — 

To  seke  })at  dragone  bolde. 
Takynnyng  of  hym  full  son  he  fande : 
Slayne  men  on  ylk  a  hande, 
720      Knyghttis  lay  full  colde. 

If  he  were  never  so  gud  a  knyghte, 
When  he  of  J)e  dragon  had  a  syght, 

Hiss  hert  bygan  to  iblde*.  */a// 

It  was  no  wondir  pof  he  ware  wrothe  : 
He  strake  hym  and  his  horse  bothe 

Unto  {)e  grounde  so  colde. 


LXII 

pe  knyght  rase,   and  his  paynes  sett ; 

pe  wylde  worme  appon  hym  bett*        *  i,eat 

Bitter  strakes  and  felle ; 
730  And  schott  fyre  appon  hym  gare 
Ever  agayne  evyn  mare  and  mare, 

Als  it  ware  owte  of  helle. 
Sir  Eglamour,  als  I  gow  saye, 
Halfe  his  tayle  he  smate  awaye; 

pat  fende  bygan  to  gelle; 
And,   with   \>e  stompe  *  {)at  hym  was   *  stump 

levede**  **  le/i 

He  strak  {)e  knyght  in  {)e  hevede 

A  wykkid  wonde  and  a  felle. 


II 


44 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


(739-762) 


LXIII 

pe  knyght  sayd :    'I  ame  bot  schent. 'J*^ 
740  Nerehand  {)at  wylde  worme  he  went, 

His  had  he  smate  awaye; 
And  nerre  hym  {)are  J)an  gun  *  he  ga 
His  ryggebane  he  cleved  in  twa, 

And  wane*  J)e  felde  for  ay. 
The  emperour  laye  in  his  towre, 
And  sawe  J)e  knyghte  Sir  Eglamour 

Till  *  his  men  gun  he  saye : 
'pe  wylde  worme,  forsothe,  es  slane; 
pat  hase  a  knyght  done  by  hym  ane  *,   *  alone 
750      Appertly*   par  ma  faye!'  *  Plainly 


r 


began 


*  won 


To 


LXIV 

In  grete  Rome  gerte  he  crye, 

like  an  offessare  in  his  baly  *,  *  bailiwick 

pe  worme  had  mad  endynge. 
The  emperour,  als  I  gow  saye. 
To  l)e  knyght  he  tuke  }De  waye, 

To  se  J)at  dredfull  thynge. 
AUe  J)at  myghte  ryde  or  gaa, 
Sir  Eglamour  up  |)ay  taa; 

With  blys  J)ay  hym  hame  brynge. 
760  For  joye  t)at  J)e  worme  was  slayne. 

Procession  come  hym  agayne  *,  *  to  meet 

And  swetly  bellis  |)ay  rynge. 


(763-786)  SIR  EGLAMOUR  45 


LXV 


The    emperour   with    hym   tuke   hym 

hame; 
Octoveane  was  his  name, 

A  lord  of  gret  honour. 
Bot  alle  jDat  ever  saw  his  hede, 
pay  sayd^  Jjat  he  was  bot  dede, 

This  knyght,  Sir  Eglamour. 
The  emperour  had  a  dogheter  bryghte 
770  Hase  undirtane  to  hele  {)e  knyght ; 

Hir  name  was  Dyatoure. 
Scho  saved  hym  J)are  fra  I)e  dede, 
And  with  hir  handis  scho  heHd  his  hede 

A  twelvemoneth  in  hir  bowre. 


LXVI 

Letters  come  unto  Artas 

pat  {)e  worme  of  Rome  dede  was, 

A  knyght  appon  hym  slane. 
So  lange  on  lechyng*  gan  he  dwelle,   *  healing 
A  knafechilde*  had  Cristabelle  *  son 

780      Als  whitt  als  qwalHs  bane. 

The  erle,  hir  fadir,  mad  his  avowe : 
'Dogheter,  to  {)e  se  schall  |dou 

In  a  schippe  by  J)e  allane, 
pat  he  na  cristyndom*  sal  haf  here,      *  baptism 
This  bastard,  })at  es  to  {)e  sa  dere.' 

Hir  frendis  wepid  ylkane. 


II 


46 


SIR  EGLAMOUll 


(787-807) 


LXVII 


*  Though 

*  Yet 


If*  scho  were  never  so  swet  a  wyght, 
§it*  {)e  schippe  was  fiill  sone  dyght 

pat  scho  schuld  in  fare. 
790  Scho  luked  on  hir  son  with  ye ; 

'  Alias,'  scho  sayd,  '  now  mon  *  we  dye  ; '   *  mtist 

In  hert  scho  moumys  sare. 
Scho  wappid  *  hym  in  a  mantill  rede  : 
*  My  dere  child,  dighte  *  es  oure  dede  ; 

Thi  fadir  seese  us  na  mare.' 


*  wrapped 

*  prepared 


u'^" 


M 


s^i^ 


LXVIII 

Hir  chambir- women  in  swon  gan  falle  : 
So  did  hir  leve*  frendis  alle, 

pat  wolde  hir  any  gode. 
*Gud  fadir,'  scho  sayd,  'I  gow  praye, 
800  Late  a  preste  a  gospelle  saye 

For*  fendis**  on  Jdc  flode.' 
Scho  sayd :  '  My  chambir-women  free, 
Grete  wele  my  lorde,  when  ge  hym 
see.' 

pay  weped  als  J)ay  ware  wode. 
Now  leve  {)is  knyght,  Sir  Eglamour; 
Speke  of  {)is  lady,  whytt  als  flour, 

So  wilsome*  wayes  scho  gode**. 


dear 


*  Against 


**  fiends  \ 
[cf.  Beowulf 


dreary       **  went 


6\' 


(808-828) 


SIR  EGLAMOUE, 


47 


810 


LXIX 

The  lady  dryves  nyght  and  daye 
Till  an  ile,  als  I  gowe  saye, 

pare*  wilde  bestis  gan  lende**. 
Scho  was  full  blythe,  I  undirstande : 
Scho  wend*  i)er  had  bene  town  and 
lande, 

And  {)are  scho  gan  up  wende. 
No  thyng  ellys  fand  scho  {jare 
Bot  see-fewlys*  I)at  wylde  ware, 

pat  faste  flowe*  fra  hir  hende. 
pare  come  a  grype*  flyande  J)are: 
Hir  gonge  sone  fra  hir  he  bare 

Intill  an  lande  unkende*. 


*  Where       **  dwell 


*  weened 


*  sea-birds 
^  flew 

*  griffin 

*  unknown 


LXX 

820  pe  lady  sawe,  and  cryed  'Alias, 
In  land  {)at  ever  borne  scho  was ! 

My  childe  es  had  me  fra!' 
In  {)e  land  of  Iraelle  *  gan  he  lyghte ;    *  Israel 
A  gryffon,  sayse  {)e  buke,  he  highte, 

pat  wroghte  {)at  lady  waa. 
The  kyng  of  Iraelle  on  huntyng  went, 
And  sawe  whare  {)e  grippe  was  lent*,   *  landed 

And  nere  hym  gan  he  ga. 


48 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


(829-852) 


LXXI 

A  child  he  fand  thorow  Goddis  grace ; 
830  In  a  mantill  wrappede  it  was 
With  an  full  riche  pane*, 
A  golde  gyrdill  bowndyn  with  ; 
The    childe    was    large    of   lym   and 
lythe* 
His  eghne*  als  cristalle  stane. 
The  kynge  sayde :  'By  {)e  rode, 
This  childe  es  comen  of  gentill  blode, 

Ware*  ever  {)at  he  was  tane.' 
And,  for  J)at  he  fra  \)e  grippe  felle, 
He  garte  calle  hym  Degrebelle, 
«4o      pat  wilsome*  was  of  wane**. 


lining , 


'  j'oijit 
■  eyes 


*   UTiere 


*  forlorn,  void     **  hope 


LXXII 

The  kynge  lefte  his  gamen  {)at  tyde, 
And  with  {)e  childe  gun  hame  ryde 

pat  fra  {)e  gryppe  he  hent*.  *  took 

Than  sayd  {)e  kynge  unto  {)e  qwene  : 
'  Dame,  I  hafe  ofte  on  huntynge  bene  ; 

To-daye  God  hase  us  sent.' 
The  qwene  J^erof  was  full  blythe, 
And  sent  after  a  noresche*  swythe**;   *  mirse      **  at  once 

His  sydis  were  longe  and  gent*.        *  graceful 
850  Bot  leve  now  here  {)is  gentill  childe, 
And  speke  we  of  his  modir  mylde. 

What  land  oure  Lorde  hir  lent  *.        *  granted 


(853-876) 


SIR  EGLAMOUE 


49 


*  rudder 


LXXIII 

Alle  nyghte  |3e  lady  undir  J)e  ile  laye ; 

The  wynde  turned  agayne*  J)e  daye,   *  about 

And  fra  Jdc  lande  hyr  dryves. 
Scho  hade  no{)er  maste  ne  rothir*, 
Bot  ylka  wawe*  gretter  {)an  o{)er, 

pat  sterynly  on  hir  stryves ; 
And,  als  I)e  buke  of  Rome  sayse, 
860  Scho  had  no  mete  of  sex  dayes 

Agayne  {)ose  carefull  *  chvys  **. 
And  by  {)e  sevent  daye  at  none 
(Jesu  rewede*  hir  appon), 

In  Egyppe  up  scho  ryves*. 


*  dreadful 

*  had  pity 

*  lands 


** 


clip 


LXXIV 

The  kynge  of  Egippe  laye  in  his  toure, 
And  sawe  {)at  lady  whitt  als  floure 

Castyn  up  on  the  sande. 
And  till  a  sqwyere  f)an  sayd  he : 
'  Ga,  luke  what  in  gone  schippe  may  be 
870      The  see  hase  broghte  to  lande.' 
Thedir  he  went  withowttyn  delyt*; 
Appon  {)e  burdis*  gun  he  smytte; 

The  lady  gan  up  stande. 
For  fawte*  scho  myght  speke  no  worde, 
Bot  lay  and  lened  hir  over  J)e  borde, 

And  made  synys  with  hir  hande. 

d  2 


*  delay 

*  ship^s  sides 

*  want  (hunger  ?) ; 

[  feyntenes  (C,  J) 


II 


50 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


(877-900) 


LXXV 

The  sqwyere  wyst  noghte  what  scho 

ment ; 
Agayne  unto  pe  kynge  he  went, 

And  sett  hym  one  his  knee. 
«8o  '  Lorde,'  he  sayde,  '  no  thyng  |)erin  es 
Bot  a  woman  in  lyknes ; 

Scho  lyes  and  lukes  on  me. 
If  t)at  scho  ware  of  flesche  and  bane, 
A  fayrere  creature  was  never  nane, 

Bot*  it  ware  Mary  free. 
Scho  makis  me  synys  with  hir  hande 
pat  scho  es  of  uncouthe*  lande, 

Begonde  pe  Grekkis  see.' 


*  Unless 


''  foreign 


LXXVI 

*  Peter!'  I)an  sayd  {)at  riche  kynge, 
890  '  I  will  go  se  {)at  swete  thynge ; ' 

And  to  {)e  schippe  he  gase. 
pe  lady,  whytte  als  qwallis  bane, 
He  bade  hir  speke  in  Goddis  name 

Agaynes  hym  up  scho  rase. 
This  damesele  {)at  was  so  mylde, 
Scho  had  so  wepid  for  her  childe 

pat  wele*  spy  It**  scho  was. 
Into  a  chambyr  {)ay  her  ledde, 
Dylecyous  metis  {)ay  her  bedde  * ; 
900      With  gude  will  scho  {)am  tase*. 


*  well  nigh 

■■=■  offered 

*  takes 


** 


per- 
\ished 


(90I-924)  SIR  EGLAMOUR  51 

LXXVII 

To  {)e  lady  spekis  the  kyng : 
'Whare   was   {)ou   borne,    {)0u   swete 
thyng, 

That  es*  sa  bryght  of  ble  ?  '  *  ^''^ 

'Lord,  in  Artas  borne  I  wes; 
Sir  Pryncesamour  my  fadir  es, 

Es  lorde  of  {)at  cuntre. 
It  befell  me  anys  on  a  day, 
I  and  my  maydyns  went  to  playe 

By  \>e  syde  of  the  see ; 
910  The  wynd  was  lythe*,  a  bote  t)er  stode,   */air 
I  and  my  sqwyere  thedir  in  we  gode ; 

Uncrystyn  man  was  he. 


LXXVIII 

On  lande  I  levede  my  maydyns  alle; 
My  sqwyere  gan  on  slepe  falle; 

A  mantill  on  hym  I  droghe. 
The  wynde  rase,  and  to  a  roche  us  bare ; 
A  fowle  tuke  my  sqwyere  thare, 

Sothe-est  with  hym  he  droghe.' 
The  kynge  sayde  :  '  pou  arte  welecom 
here, 
920  pou  ert  my  broJ)er*  dogheter  dere.'      *  brother's 

For  joye  on  hym  scho  loughe*.  *  laughed 

Leve  here  this  lady,  whytt  als  flour. 
And  speke  now  of  Sir  Eglamour ; 

Till*  hym  come  kare  ynoghe.  *  To 


I 


52  SIR  EGLAMOUR  (925-948) 

LXXIX 

Sir  Eglamour  es  hale  and  sownde, 
And  wele  recoverde  of  his  wownde, 

And  hamwardes  made  hym  gare. 
The  emperour  gan  hym  blysse, 
Hys  doghter  and  pe  emp^ryce, 
930      And  alle  {jat  he  leved  *  pcLve.  *  left 

Of  Crystabelle  es  alle  his  thoghte; 
The  wormes  hede  forgettis  he  noghte, 

Appon  his  spere  he  it  bare. 
Be  {)at*  a  monethe  was  comen  to  ende,   *  See  256 
In  {)e  lande  of  Artasse  gun  he  lende ; 

To  hym  come  letters  of  care. 


LXXX 

The  erle  herde  tell,  I  undirstand, 
Sir  Eglamour  was  cumande 

With  that  wormes  hede. 
940  A  sqwyere  gase  agayne  hym  sone ; 
'Lorde,  all  thus  the  erle  has  done: 

Fayr  Cristabelle  es  dede; 
A  man-childe  has  scho  borne, 
pe  erle  has  als  his  lyfe  forlorne ; 

He  was  bathe  whitt  and  rede. 
In  a  schippe  done  war  J)ay  twa, 
And  with  J)e  wawis  lattyn  ga.' 

pe  knyght  swouned  in  J)at  stede. 


(949-972) 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


53 


LXXXI 

*  Saynt  Mary ! '  sayd  pe  knyght  so  free, 
950  '  Whare  euer  hir  gentillwomen  bee, 

In  chambir  with  hir  {)at  was  ? ' 
The  sqwyere  answerd  hym  full  sone : 
'Sir,  when  scho  to  J)e  see  was  done, 

Ilkane  sere*  way  gun  passe.' 
He  hyed  hym  sone  into  the  halle 
Amange  the  gret^  lordis  alle, 

Byfor  {)e  erle  of  Artasse. 
'Have  here,' he  said,  'J)e  wormeshevede ; 
And  whare  es  myn,  {)at  I  here  levede, 
960      pou  syttande  in  my  place?' 


*  his  own 


SeV 


I^ 


Z<r- 


\ 


LXXXII 

It  was  grete  pete  for  to  here 

How  he  cryed :  '  Crystabelle,  my  fere, 

Arte  {)ou  in  the  see? 
Jesu,  {)at  dyede  [on  {)e  croyse]  verrayly, 
One  thi  saule  he  hafe  mercy, 

And  on  thi  gonge  sone  fre!' 
The  erle  rase  and  tuk  a  toure*, 
He  was  ferde  *  of  Sir  Eglamour ; 

pere  evermare  wa  hym  be ! 
970  '  Gentillmen,'  he  sayd^,  '  God  gow  save ! 
Alle  J)at  ordir  of  knyght  will  have, 

Ryse  upe  and  gase*  with  me.' 


*  tower 

*  afraid 


go 


54  SIR  EGLAMOUR  (973-993) 

LXXXIII 

Sqwyers  rase  and  come  hym  tyll, 

pay    were  full  bayne  *  to   wyrke   his   *  ready 

wyll ; 
He  gaffe  J)am  ordir  sone. 
In  I)at  haulle  whils  he  habade  *,  *  abode 

Fyve  and  thrytty  knyghttis  he  made 

By  {)e  to{)er*  daye  at  none.  *  second 

Alle  J)at  were  sembled,  ylke  one, 
9«o  He  gafe  {)am  for  to  lyfe  appone, 

For  Cristabelle  saule  to  mone; 
And,  sothely,  als  I  undirstande. 
He  tuk  l)e  waye  to  J)e  haly  lande 

Whare  God  on  J)e  rode  was  done. 


LXXXIV 

Sir  Eglamour,  als  ge  may  here, 
He  dwellid  J)are  fyfetene  gere 

The  heythyn  men  amange ; 
So  doghetyly  f)er  he  hym  bare, 
Whare  any  dedis  of  armes  ware, 
990      Agaynes  {)am  |)at  did  wrange. 
And  by  J)e  fyfetene  gere  were  gane, 
The  childe  jDat  J)e  gryffon  had  tane 

Was  waxen  bathe  stythe  *  and  *  brave 

strange. 


(994-IOI7) 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


55 


LXXXV 

Now  es  Degrebelle  waxen  wyght  * ;      *  hrave  ? 
The  Kyng  of  Iraelle  mad  hym  knyght 

And  prynce,  ga,  with  his  hande. 
Now  herkyns,  lordyngs,  lesse  and  mare, 
What  armes  {)at  {)e  child  bare, 

If  ge  will  undirstande. 
looo  He  beris  in  azure  a  grippe  of  golde, 

So  richely  betyn  in  {)e  molde*,  *  mould 

And  in  his  clowes  hyngand 
A  knave-child  in  a  mantill  wowndyn, 
And  with  a  golde  girdill  bowndyn, 

Als  he  was  broghte  to  lande. 


LXXXVI 

The  Kyng  of  Iraelle  wexe  aide ; 
Sir  Degrebelle,  his  sone,  he  calde, 

Sayde :  *  Will  {)ou  hafe  a  wyfe 
Whills  })at  I  lyffe,  my  sone  so  dere? 
loio  When  I  am  dede,  J)Ou  getis  na  pere, 

Thi  reches  beese*  so  ryfe**. 
A  messangere  stode  by  f)e  kynge : 
'  In  Egippe  wonnes  *  a  swete  thynge, 

I  knawe  none  slyke*  on  lyfe. 


The 


*    an    athe   has 


kynge,    hir    eme   ^ 
sworne, 
He  will  gyffe  hir  to  na  man  borne, 
Bot  he  wyne  hir  with  knyfe.' 


*  are       **  abundant 

*  dwells 

*  such 

*  uncle 


I 


56 


SIR  EGL AMOUR 


(1018— 1041) 


LXXXVII 

The  kynge  sayd  :  'And*  scho  be  gode, 
parfore   schalle   we  nott  lett*,   by  {)e 
rode; 

Do,  buske  us  thedir  swythe*' 
He  byddis  his  messangere  forthe  gane* 
To  comand  his  knyghtis  everylkane 

To  come  to  hym  belyve*. 
Rychely  {)ay  made  {jam  gare; 
Thaire  armour  to  schippe  |)ay  bare, 

To  passe  \>e  waters  lythe*. 
By  {)at  \>e  monethe  was  comen  to  ende, 
In  the  lande  of  Egippe  gun  {)ay  lende, 

paire  maysteries  for  to  kythe*. 


*  refrain 

*  quickly 

*  go 

*  straightway 


*  smooth 


*  make  known 


LXXXVIII 

1030  A  messangere  went  for  to  telle 
pare  come  J)e  Kyng  of  Iraelle, 

With  a  full  riche  nave  *  ; 
The  prynce    his    sone,    with    many  a 

knyghte, 
For  to  see  Jjat  birde*  so  bryghte. 

Iff  I)at  yt  {)aire  willes  bee. 
The  messangere  spake  with  bly  the  ch  ere  : 
*  pe  kynge  of  Iraelle  comes  here. 

With  a  full  faire  semblee* 
'  Sir,'  sayd  {)e  kyng,  '  I  hoppe  *  I  schalle 
1040  Fynd  gud  justynge  for  |)am  alle  ; 
Dere*  welecome  sail  Jjay  bee.  ' 


navy 


lady 


assembly 
hope 

Dearly 


(i042— 1065) 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


57 


LXXXIX 

Trompis*  in  topcastells  {)ay  rasse**; 
pe  riche  kyng  to  {)e  land  gasse, 

His  knyghtis  weryn*  in  palle**. 
pe  gonge  childe  of  feftene  gere, 
He  gode  amang  lpa.m,  als  7^e  may  here, 

A  fote  abowne*  jDam  alle. 
pe  kyng  of  Egippe  come  hym  agane  * ; 
pe  kyng  hym  by  {)e  hand  haves  tane, 
1050      And  ledde  hym  to  pe  halle. 

'Gud  sir,  we  pray,  gyf  *  I)at  we  myghte, 
Of  gowre  nece  hafe  a  syghte, 

Es  whytte  as  bone  of  qwalle.' 


*  Trumpets      **  raise 

*  were  **  fine  rai- 

\ment 

*  above 

*  See  761 


if 


xc 

The  lady  of*  jje  chambir  was  broghte,   "^  from 
With    manes    handis    als    scho    were 
wroghte, 
Or  corven  on*  a  tree. 
Hir  sone  stode  and  hir  byhelde; 
'  Wele  were  hym  {)at  myght  J)e  welde  !' 
Till  hymselven  sayd  he. 
io6o  pe  Kynge  of  Iraelle  asked  hir  erne : 
'Will   I)Ou   scho   weddid   be   over  {)e 
streme, 
My  sonnes  wyfe  to  be  ? ' 
'  Sir,'  he  saide,  '  gife  {)at  he  may 
Sytt  me  a  schaft  to  mome  at  day, 
Thyn  askyng  graunt  I  the.' 

1064   Resist  me  a  spear  to-morrow  morn. 


*  of  (e,  a,  w,  p,  d) 


I 


58 


SIR  EGLAMOUE, 


(1066— 1089) 


XCI 

Grete  lordis  were  at  the  assent; 
Waytys*  blewe;  to  mete  J)ay  wente 

With  a  ryalle  chere. 
The  kynges  twa  pe  borde  bygane*, 
1070  Sir  Degrebelle  and  his  modir  {)an, 

If*  J)ay  were  syb  full  nere. 
Knyghttis  went  to  sytt,  iwys  * ; 
Ylke  a  sqwyer  in  J)aire  serv^'se, 

To  serve  {)aire  lordis  so  dere. 
After  mett^  wesched  J)ay ; 
Clerkes  gun  {)e  grace  saye 

In  {)e  haulle,  als  ge  may  here. 


*  Musicians 

*  sat  at  the  head  of  the 

[table 

*  Though 

*  in  truth 


XCII 

Appon  {)e  morne,  when  {)e  day  sprange, 
Gentillmen  to  armys  thrange^,  *  thronged 

1080      And  Degrebelle  was  dyghte. 

pe  kyng  of  Egippe  gun  hym  hy  -  *  hasten 

Into  a  faire  felde,  witterly, 

With  many  a  doghety  knyghte. 
Gret^  lordis  {)ay  gun  crye : 
'What  man  es  he  J)at  es  so  hye, 

pat  beris  gone*  gryffone  bryghte?'   *  jo« 
Harawdis  of  armes  gun  ^am  telle : 
'  He  es  {)e  prynce  of  Iraelle ; 

Bese  warre*,  for  he  es  wyghte.'         "^Beware 


(I090-III3)  Sm  EGLAMOUE,  59 

XCIII 

X090  Trompis  blewe  on  ylke  a  syde, 
pe  gret  lordis  togedir  gun  ryde ; 

pat  semly  was  to  sene. 
pe  kynge  of  Egippe  tuk  a  schafte; 
pe  prynce  \>at  sawe  and  sadly  satt, 

If  he  were  never  so  kene. 
Agayne  the  kyng  he  made  hym  bowne, 
Horse  and  man  he  strake  al  downe 

Appon  J)e  felde  so  grene. 
pan  said  l>e  kyng  :  'So  God  me  save, 
itoo  pou  ert  beste  worthy  hir  to  have ! ' 

Sa  say  {)ay  alle  by  dene*.  *  at  once 


XCIV 

Now  grete  lordis  gan  o{)er  assaye, 
And  sqwyers  on  thet  o{)er  daye, 

That  doghety  ware  in  dede. 
The  kyngis  twa  })aire  trouthis  plyght, 
And  Cristabell,  that  lady  bryght, 

To  {)e  kirke  {)ay  gun  hir  lede. 
Thorow   JDe   myghte  of  God  t)iis  haf 

t)ay  spedde, 
His  awen  modir  has  he  wedde, 

Als  clerkes  })us  gun  rede. 
His  armes  ware  byfore  hym  borne, 
Scho    thoghte    on   hir   sone    {)at  scho 
had  lome ; 

Scho  weped  als  scho  wold  wede  *.    *  go  mad 


60 


SIR  EGLAMOHR 


(1114-1137) 


xcv 

He  sayd :  *  What  now,  my  lady  dere  ? 
Why  makis  {)ou  J)us  febill  chere? 

Me  thynke  als  {)ou  had  thoghte*.' 
'Sir,  in  thyne  armes  a  fowle  I  see 
pat  somtyme  tuk  a  childe  fra  me, 

A  knyghte  full  dere  had  boghte. 
1120  In  a  skarelett  mantill  was  he  wo?/nden, 
And  with  a  gold  girdill  bownden 

pat  full  richely  was  wroghte.' 
The  kynge  sayd  :  '  By  Goddis  myght, 
In  my  foreste  gun  he  lyghte; 

A  grippe  to  land  hym  broghte.' 


anxiety 


XCVI 

He  comand  a  sqwyere  fjat  was  hende 
After  I)e  cofire  for  to  wende 

pat  {)ay  were  in  layde. 
pay  tuk  J)am  owte  })an  full  rathe*, 
1130  The  mantill  and  I)e  gyrdill  bathe 

pat  richely  was  grayde*. 
'Alias!'  sayde  {)at  lady  free, 
'  Bathe  were  J^ay  refte  me  in  {)e  see ; ' 

In  swounynge  down  scho  brayde*. 
'  How  longe  set)m  ? '  {)e  kynge  gun  saye. 
'  Fyfetene  gere,  sir,  par  ma  faye.' 

pay  sent*  to  {)at  scho  sayde. 


soon 


*  adorned 


•fell 


*  assent 


(Ii38_ii6i) 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


61 


1140 


XCVII 

'My  sone,'  he  sayde,  'if  {)ou  be  rade*   *  afraid 

Ane  over-syb-maryage*  hafe  we  made   *  marriage  between 

In  {)e  sprynge  of  {)is  mone,  [kindred 

I  rede  ge  luke,  so  God  me  save, 
Whilke  of  myn  erles  scho  will  have.' 

He  answerd  hym  full  sone: 
'Sir,  thyn  erles  hold  I  gode. 
So  do  I  my  modyr,  by  {)e  rode; 

I  weddid  hir  byfore  I)e  none. 
Sail  nane  hir  have,  by  Saynt  Marie, 
Bot  he  wyn  hir  doghetyly, 

Als  I  my  selfe  hase  done.' 


XCVIII 

1150  Dke  gret  lorde  gun  to  oj^er  saye : 
'For  hir  love  will  we  turnaye 

With  swerdis  in  oure  h^ide, 
Wha  {)at  Wynnes  {)at  lady  clere. 
For  to  wedde*  hir  to  his  fere, 

Whare  hym  lykes  to  lende*.' 
Hawrawdes  of  armes  forthe  ere*  went  *  are 
For  to  crye  a  tumament 

In  ylk  a  landis  ende. 
Sir  Eglamour  es  ham  ward  boune, 
1x60  Herde  of  {)at  dede  of  grete  renown, 

And  thedir  wolde  he  wende. 

1 1 54  To  rule  her  as  his  mate. 


*  welde  (Schleich) 

*  dwell 


62 


Sm  EGLAMOUR 


(1162-1185) 


1170 


XCIX 

Fro*  Cristabelle  was  don  in  \>e  see, 
Newe  armes  pan  beris  hee; 

Herkyns,  I  will  })am  discrye  : 
On  azure  with  a  schippe  of  golde 
A  lady,  als  scho  drowne  scholde 

(A  child  lyggand  hir  by, 
Purtrayede  of  a  nyghte  aide) 
In  pe  see  so  grym  and  balde. 

And  ever  in  poynte  to  dy ; 
Of  sylver  his  maste,  of  golde  his  fane  * 
His  sayle  and  his  rapis  ylkane 

Purtrayede  verrayly*. 


*  From  the  time  that 


pennon 


exactly 


Now  gret  lordis  J)at  herde  {)at  crye, 
Thedir  went  J)ay  full  witterly, 

Als  faste  als  l)ay  myght  fare. 
The  kynge  of  Sedoyne  com  als  sone 
With  doghety  knyghtis  many  one, 

pat  full  riche  colours  bare. 
180  Rannges  mad  J)ay  in  the  felde, 

That  grete  lordis  myghte  jDam  welde  ; 

paire  selven  made  J)am  gare. 
Sir  Eglamour,  J^ife  he  ware  laste, 
§itt  was  he  noghte  away  to  caste : 

pe  knyght  was  cled  in  care. 


(l  186—1209) 


SIR  EGLAMOUR 


63 


CI 

Haurauds  of  armes  bygan  to  crye 
Grete  lordis  full  rathely* 

Into  a  felde  so  brade. 
Cristabelle,  {)at  lady  smalle, 
"90  Es  broghte  unto  I)e  castelle-walle ; 

For  hir  the  crye  was  made. 
Hir  sone  of  feftene  gere  elde, 
He  es  aunterous*  in  the  felde; 

Into  J)e  stowre*  he  rade. 
Fra  Degrebelle  bygan  to  smytt, 
Fra  his  handis  J)ay  flede  full  tyte*, 

pat  nane  his  dynt  habade. 


quickly 


*  adventurous 
"^  fight 

=^  See  487 


cn 

His  fadir  hovede*  and  byhelde  '^'  tarried? 

How  he  fellid  in  the  felde 

The  knyghtis  all  bydene. 
His  sone   hym  sawe,   and   rade   hym 

tUl, 
Said:  'Sir,  why  hovys  {)ou  sa  stille 

Amange  thir*  knyghtis  kene?' 
'Sir,'  he  said,  'atrayed*  I  es,**  iJo!^' 
And  comen  owt  of  haythynnes ; 

It  ware  syn  me  to  tene*.' 
'Sir,'  he  said,  'sa  mot  I  the, 
pou  sulde  noghte  {)an  have  armed  be  ; 

pat  mare  menske*  had  bene.'  *  honor 


these 
trotibled       ** 

vex 


am 


64 


SIR  EGLAMOUE 


(1210-1233) 


cm 

X2IO  Sir  Eglamour  appon  hym  loghe : 

'  Sir,  hase  |)ou  not  tournayed  ynoghe, 

Bot  {)ou  for  mare  will  praye  ? ' 
He  said  :  *  I  am  aunterous  in  {)is  stowre, 
For  a  lady,  whytt  als  flowre, 

Wyn  hir  gif  I  may.' 
*  Peter ! '  said  the  knygt  {)an, 
'  I  sail  assaye  gif  I  can 

Anythyng  turnay. 
For  som  tyme  hafe  I  sene, 
i«2o  In  als  hard  aunters  hafe  I  bene, 
And  wonne  full  wele  awaye.' 


1330 


CIV 

pe  doghety  knyghtis  on  horse  dange  * 
In  tournament  with  swerdis  lange; 

Thase  oJ)er  byhelde  ylk  ane. 
Sir  Eglamour  tuk  his  swerdplatte,  * 
And  gyffes  his  son^  swylke  a  swappe  * 

pat  to  J)e  grownde  gan  he  gane. 
'Alias,'  l^an  said  {)at  lady  free, 
'  My  childe  es  dede,  be  Cristis  pete ; 

§one  knyght  hase  hym  slane.' 
Thase  ot)er  said  hally*  one  {)e  molde**  : 
*  He  {)at  berys  {)e  schippe  of  golde 

Hase  wonne  hir  by  his  ane*.' 


smote 


*  fiat  of  his  sword 

*  stroke 


{wholly) ;  with  one  ac- 
[cord      **  earth 

all  alone 


(I234-I257) 


SIR  EGLAMOUE, 


65 


CV 

Hauraudis  of  armes  he  gart  cry  {)an, 
If  I)are  were  any  gentillmane 

Wald  make  his  body  gode, 
Will  juste  or  turnay  any  mare, 
Say  forthe,  whiles  he  was  })are, 

He  wold  be  aunterous,  by  \>e  rode. 
1240  His  sone  said  :  '  Ne  ware  his  swerd  so 
brighte, 
AUe  day  myght  I  with  hym  fyght, 

pofe  he  were  werse  J)an  wode.' 
Gret^  lordis  sayde  nowe : 
'  Beste  worthy,  sir  knyght,  art  {)0u 

To  hafe  gone  frely*  fode**.' 


lovely       **  person 


CVI 

To  unarme  hym  {)e  lady  gase, 

A  surcott  unerte  *  {)e  knyght  tase ;         *  v 

To  mete  {)an  gan  {)ey  wende. 
This  doghety  knyght,  J)at  wan  Jje  gree*,   *  See  1 1 
1250  Was  sett  with  J)at  lady  free. 

Scho  frayned  *  hym,  als  hir  frende,   *  See  464 
By  what  reson  J)at  he  bare 
The  schippe  of  golde  with  maste  and 

are  *.  *  oar 

He  answerd  as  the  hende*:  *  See  124 

'Damysell,  to  {)e  se  war  done 
My  lady  and  my  gonge  sone, 
And  {)are  {)ay  made  {)aire  ende.' 

e  2 


66  Sm  EGLAMOUK  (1258- 1275) 


CVII 


Knawlege  of  hym  gun  scho  taa : 
'  Swete  sir,  how  felle  it  swa 
1260      pat  })ay  were  broghte  to  grownde  ? ' 
'I  was  in  a  ferre  contre; 
Hir  fadir  dide  i)am  to  J)e  see, 
With  J)e  wawes  to  confounde.' 


CVIII 

In  swounywge  felle  J)at  lad}^  free. 
'  Welcome,  Sir  Eglamour,  to  me ; 

Dere  hase  J)Ou  boghte  me  are  *.'         *  earlier 
Grete  lordis  J)an  told  scho  sone 
How  J)at  scho  to  {)e  se  was  done; 

pay   wepede  bothe  lesse  and  mare. 
1270  '  In  I)e  wawes  grete  and  graye 
A  gryffon  bare  my  childe  aw  aye ; ' 

Gentillmen  syghede  sare. 
It  es  sothe  sayd,  by  God  of  heven, 
pat  ofte  metis  men  at  unsett  stevyn  * ;   *  unappointed  time;  see 

Forsothe,  sa  did  t)ay  thare.  [Chaucer,^.  7.666 


(I276-I299)  SIR  EGLAMOHR  67 

CIX 

The  Kyng  of  Iraell  gun  {)am  telle 
How  {)at  he  fond  Sir  Degrebelle; 

Knyghtis  lythede*  ilk  ane.  *  listened 

Sir  Eglamour  knelid  on  his  knee ; 
1280 'Lord,'  he  said,  'God  gelde*  the;  'Prepay 

pou  hase  hym  broghte  to  man.' 
pe  kynge  said :  '  I  sail  hym  gyffe 
Halfe  my  lande  whils  {)at  I  lyife, 

My  sone,  whytte  als  swane.' 
The  kyng  of  Sedoyne  sayd  alswa : 
*I  sail  giflf  hym  Organata; 
Me  menys  {)at  {)ou  hir  wane.' 

cx 

Sir  Eglamour  prayed  J)e  kynges  three 
In  Artasse  at  his  weddynge  be, 
1290      His  lykynge  for  to  have. 

pay   graunted   hym,   bathe   mare   and 

lesse, 
The  gret^  lordis  t)at  Jjare  wes ; 

pare  Jesu  Christ  j)am  save ! 
Kynges  and  dukis,  I  undirstande, 
And  gret  lordis  of  olper  lande, 

Thaire  stremours  made  {)ay  rathe  *.   *  wave  ? 
Trompis  in  topcastells  {)ay  rase*;  *  See  1042 

AUe  maner  men  to  schippe  gase; 

A  comly*  wynd  J)am  drave.  */azr 

1287    I  think  thou  didst  win  her. 


I 


68 


SIK  EGLAMOUR 


(1300-1323) 


CXI 

1300  Thorow   j)e   myght   of  God  {)is  fayre 
nave 
Alle  in  lykynge*  passed  the  see; 

In  Artasse  up  J)ay  rive*. 
pe  erle  in  his  castelle  stode; 
Gentillmen  to  lande  gode, 

Knyghtis  to  horse  gan  dryve. 
Fro  he  herde  of  Sir  Eglamour, 
He  felle  owte  of  his  heghe  toure, 

And  brake  his  nekke  bylyue  *. 
A  messangere  went  byfore  to  telle 
1310  Whatkyns*  aunters  Jjat  })er  byfelle. 
With  God  may  na  man  stryve. 


*  pleasure 

*  arrive 


straightway 


What  sort  of 


1330 


CXII 

And  I)us  in  Artasse  are  })ay  lent. 
Eftir  {)e  emperour  J)ay  sent 

To  J)at  mangery  *  so  free.  *  hanqtuting 

In  alle  J)e  lande  garte  })ay  crye, 
Wha  {)at  wolde  com  to  J)at  mangerye, 

Dere  welcome  solde  f)ay  be. 
Sir  Eglamour  to  J)e  kirk  gun  ga, 
Sir  Degrebelle  and  Organata, 

The  ladys  bryghte  of  blee. 
pe  Kyng  of  Iraelle  sayd  :  '  I  gow  gyffe 
Halfe  my  kyngdome  whils  I  lyife ; 

Brouke*  alle  wele  after  me.'  *  Enjoy 


(1324-1335)  SIR  EGLAMOUR  69 

CXIII 

With   myrthe  {)at  mangery  was  made 
(Fowrtty  dayes  it  habade) 

Amange  {)ase  lordis  hende. 
And  syne*,  forsothe,  als  1  gow  saye,     *  afterward 
Ilk  man  tuke  his  awen  waye, 

Whare  hym  lyked  beste  to  lende. 
1330  Mynstrals  were  gyffen  gyftis  fre, 
pat  {)ay  myght  {)e  better  bee, 

The  boldlyere  for  to  spende. 
In  Rome  I)is  romance  crouned  is. 
Now  Jesu  brynge  us  to  his  blysse, 

pat  lastis  withowttyn  ende ! 


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